After "The Alice Ponds Show," Shawn's ears perked up because

Paul and Cindy were talking about Shawn's safety

Shawn was glad to have a seizure when his father was taping in his classroom because

flying and licking cookies used his resources better

Shawn was not ready to

give up hope that he would known

What did Shawn have in common with his father?

Their thumbs were double jointed

Shawn imagined a horror movie when

he heard about people becoming vegetables

The day that Paul played in a basketball tournament

Shawn recalled Cindy and Paul opening Christmas gifts

Shawn claimed that he could see his ceiling in the darkness because

he had counted the markings on the mobile animals

When a crow sat on the telephone line, Shawn's father

threw a glass of iced tea at it

When she met Shawn's father, Vonda

asked him to autograph her book

While Cindy watched TV,

Paul sneaked Shawn a piece of potato chip

When Shawn was born, his father had

prayed to trade places with Shawn

The day that Cindy went to Spokane, Shawn

was surprised to see how fast the time went

What did Shawn's father tell Alice Ponds?

Parents must make hard choices for their children

When he and Shawn were alone, Shawn's father _____ about loving Shawn.

fought back tears while talking

When he dreamed that he was at his father's house, Shawn

told his father that he didn't want to die

One of the boys at the bus stop

laughed at his friend's unkind teasing

When Shawn once had a seizure at school,

William accidentally broke Shawn's arm

When Shawn was seven years old, Cindy

taught him to read while she played teacher

After he saved Shawn from being burned, Paul

poured gasoline on the boys he had beaten up

Shawn expected something bad before his mother mentioned Alice Ponds because

she was sounding overly positie

The night that Ally spent with Cindy,

Shawn dreamed of sitting on the Space Needle

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1
After "The Alice Ponds Show," Shawn's ears perked up because
Shawn heard Paul say he was getting a brownie
Shawn's father was playing a new song on the piano
Paul and Cindy were talking about Shawn's safety
Shawn's mother was talking about a new medication
2
Shawn was glad to have a seizure when his father was taping in his classroom because
he was embarrassed by the way his teachers acted
the teachers wanted to clean him up for the camera
he couldn't cope with his father pushing his wheelchair
flying and licking cookies used his resources better
3
Shawn was not ready to
go to school without medical supervision
give up hope that he would known
go on a long vacation in the family car
live in a home away from his parents
4
What did Shawn have in common with his father?
They loved listening to rap music
They preferred baths to showers
They wore extra-wide shoes
Their thumbs were double jointed
5
Shawn imagined a horror movie when
he heard about people becoming vegetables
he saw the equipment in his school classroom
he listened to the therapists explain their plan
he listened to Vonda's account of her first date
6
The day that Paul played in a basketball tournament
Shawn recalled Cindy and Paul opening Christmas gifts
Cindy went to her first practice with the ballet company
Shawn spent the day touring permanent care facilities
Milly paid a neighbor to watch Shawn during the game
7
Shawn claimed that he could see his ceiling in the darkness because
the moon shone brightly through his open window
his father had glued glow-in-the-dark stars on the walls
he had counted the markings on the mobile animals
his mother always left a night-light on the hallway
8
When a crow sat on the telephone line, Shawn's father
told Shawn it was a bird of paradise
pounded his cell phone on the table
opened the umbrella over Shawn
threw a glass of iced tea at it
9
At the reading premier of his father's poem, Shawn realized that he
like being famous
had shown no symptoms of illness at birth
would be better off in a nursing home
hated the sound of his father's voice
10
When she met Shawn's father, Vonda
asked him to autograph her book
asked him to play one of his songs
listed her ideas of Shawn's needs
said she couldn't care for Shawn
11
After the doctors regulated his medication, Shawn
began having seizures
stopped crying during seizures
left his body during seizures
had seizures only at night
12
While Cindy watched TV,
Marc threw a pillow at Cindy's head
Shawn looked for the remote control
Paul sneaked Shawn a piece of potato chip
Milly grabbed the fashion magazine from Paul
13
When Shawn was born, his father had
sang and danced in the waiting room
handed out candy to everyone
refused to look at Shawn in his crib
prayed to trade places with Shawn
14
Whenever Shawn saw or heard something new,
it triggered a sense of complete hopelessness
it never left his memory
he wrote it in his journal
he made up a song to help him remember it
15
The day that Cindy went to Spokane, Shawn
wished that he could attend the performance
was surprised to see how fast the time went
worried that Cindy would miss her plane
waited for Marc to come home to read to him
16
What did Shawn's father tell Alice Ponds?
Doctors should always make final health decisions
All normal children naturally know right from wrong
Children must be taught to make good decisions
Parents must make hard choices for their children
17
This book was written by
Terry Trueman
Gary Blackwood
Chris Lynch
Will Hobbs
18
When he and Shawn were alone, Shawn's father _____ about loving Shawn.
was sorry that he had never talked
fought back tears while talking
remembered his wife's words
admitted that he knew nothing
19
Shawn knew that if his father agreed with Earl Detraux,
Shawn couldn't be protected
Paul might not go to college
Vonda's son's health would be at risk
Cindy would join a ballet company
20
When he dreamed that he was at his father's house, Shawn
told his father that he didn't want to die
asked Marc where he had come from
baked Christmas cookies with his sister
ran across the goal line with the ball
21
One of the boys at the bus stop
cried when the clown smiled at him
laughed at his friend's unkind teasing
did a silly dance to amuse Shawn
pushed Shawn's wheelchair to the ramp
22
Earl Detraux told Shawn's father that
he would always love his son
his son had been a bad child
he had never wanted any children
his son always made good grades
23
When Shawn once had a seizure at school,
William accidentally broke Shawn's arm
Milly ran from the classroom in tears
the teacher had to call an ambulance
the students stood around him laughing
24
Shawn thought his classroom looked like
the insane ward at a hospital
an indoor rock garden
the midway at a freak carnival
a playpen for a weirdo
25
When Shawn was seven years old, Cindy
learned to fold his wheelchair and put it in the car
tripped over his wheelchair and broke her leg
taught him to read while she played teacher
fed him a chicken leg that nearly made him choke
26
After an auto accident, Cindy
had to walk with crutches
held a dog's head in her lap
called 911 on a pay phone
stayed in the house for months
27
After he saved Shawn from being burned, Paul
turned the garden hose toward the burning shed
poured gasoline on the boys he had beaten up
helped remove the covering from Shawn's wheelchair
called the fire department from a neighbor's house
28
Shawn expected something bad before his mother mentioned Alice Ponds because
she was sounding overly positie
her fingernails were chipped
she wouldn't look at anyone's face
she had been twisting her hair
29
The night that Ally spent with Cindy,
Cindy spilled coffee on Shawn's lap
Ally played Christmas music on the piano
Shawn dreamed of sitting on the Space Needle
Shawn's mother stayed out late with her friends
30
Shawn's father ______ the first time he ever spent the night alone with Shawn.
sat holding a quilted pillow
fixed macaroni and cheese
brought Shawn a new puppy
showed Shawn a Disney video

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